Webinar series: Building Safe Futures Deep dives into what works to end childhood sexual violence

The Safe Futures Hub is thrilled to launch Building Safe Futures – Deep Dives into What Works to End Childhood Sexual Violence, a seven-part webinar series based on the Building Safe Futures evidence review. This series consolidates global learning on interventions to prevent and respond to childhood sexual violence, focusing on low- and middle-income countries, where risks are highest and evidence base has been the thinnest.  

Each session will delve into one of the seven INSPIRE strategies, weaving together insights from research and practice.

This series aims to move from evidence to action by: 

• Sharing accessible insights on prevention and response;
• Showcasing programmes with measurable impact;
• Strengthening practitioner–researcher exchange; and
• Generating practical recommendations for policy, programming, and investment. 

Together, we can accelerate progress and build safer environments for children everywhere. 

The second session in the Building Safe Futures webinar series will explore education as a critical pathway to preventing childhood sexual violence. 

Evidence from the Building Safe Futures review highlights the impact of education-based interventions. Comprehensive sexuality education, life skills programmes, and school-based violence prevention initiatives are associated with improved understanding of consent, bodily autonomy, and healthy relationships. 

At the same time, schools can also be sites of risk. Persistent challenges include peer and authority-perpetrated violence, weak safeguarding systems, and barriers to access for the most marginalized children. 

This session will share the latest evidence, highlight promising practice-based approaches, and explore what it takes to make schools safer for all children. We will look at where education systems are working well, where challenges remain, and what needs to change to strengthen prevention and response. Join us to reflect on how education can support children not only to learn, but to grow up safer, more confident, and free from sexual violence. 

29 January 2026 – 9:30 AM EST | 14:30 GMT | 17:30 EAT – Register

The first session in the series focused on parenting and caregiver support, a cornerstone in preventing childhood sexual violence. The evidence is clear: when equipped with the right tools, parents and caregivers become powerful protectors, with ripple effects that can transform families and communities. The Building Safe Futures evidence review highlights parenting programmes as among the most effective interventions, showing measurable reductions in sexual violence when programmes are well designed and implemented. 

This session shared the latest evidence, spotlighted effective interventions from the review, and opened space for dialogue on how to strengthen caregiver support worldwide. We will also reflect on what is missing, how to make these efforts more inclusive and where we need to go next. 

Join us to explore how supporting parents and caregivers helps not only prevent harm, but build trust, resilience, and safe futures for all children.